IMAGE
View of Fort Pickens from South Landing Item Info
- Title:
- View of Fort Pickens from South Landing
- Artist:
- A. S. W.
- Date:
- May 8, 1861
- Transcription:
- Recto: "A.S.W. // View of Fort Pickens from the South landing. May 8th 1861 by A. S. W of Col. Brown's command // Glacis on East front // Graveyard on glacis & [illegible] // Marine Hospital // Let the figures & foreground be darkened as much as possible and enlarged a little. The engraver may put in as much hay, oats, pork and lumber as possible. Also boxes of clothing, wheelbarrows & etc. and about 40 soldiers in shirt sleeves carrying lumber // Send to 162 Pearl Street for A.S.W. care of W.W.";Verso: No text.
- Subjects:
- Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fort Pickens (Fla.) Fortification--Florida--History--19th century
- Condition:
- Fold marks in top and bottom left corners; two horizontal fold marks across paper; one vertical fold mark on left side; some staining.
- Place:
- Florida--Santa Rosa--Santa Rosa Island--Fort Pickens
- Medium:
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions:
- 10.25 x 6.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 30.3978561, -86.7290634
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-ASW-FL-5-8-61 (Box 10).
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4956
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-ASW-FL-5-8-61
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Flag Fortifications Graveyard Hay Horses Hospital Landscape Lumber
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "View of Fort Pickens from South Landing", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2863.html